by Bao on Fri Apr 05, 2024 1:38 am
Verbally transmitted stories always risk being changed according to telephone game effect. Everyone hearing a story might hearing it a little bit different and change it. Even people who experienced something first hand are at risk of memories changing, or maybe they are just not good at explaining things. Unless something is documented in writing, images or footage, we can't really know what is the exact truth.
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Our history is made up by the winners of the wars. The darker sides of our history is usually kept hidden. After all, we want to "feel" that we are better than we are.
– The wealth of the West was not created because we are smarter than any other "race". We enslaved people, killed millions and millions of people while loting their countries.
– The Japanese were already about to surrender, the bombs were completely unnecessary, didn't change the outcome of the war, and everyone in the White House knew this.
– After the WW2, everyone agreed about that the Russians defeated the nazis and the US had very little to do with the victory. This notion has been changed through decades of propaganda.
– That Saddam did hide away weapons of destruction was an intentional blatant lie. Likewise that Ghadaffi gave his soldiers viagra.
– The partition plan of Palestine never reached the security council thus the creation of Israel in Palestine was NOT approved by the UN or the International community.
– etc, ect, etc, etc ...
... What people "know" about history are mostly all made up lies and propaganda. Truth does NOT matter much in our society, not in the eyes of politics, teaching, parenthood, and so on. And the politician, media and history books just keep on lying and lying and lying.
No, truth is not important, it's the lies that keep a nation together.
Thoughts on Tai Chi (My Tai Chi blog)
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Storms make oaks take deeper root. -George Herbert
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To affect the quality of the day, is the highest of all arts! -Walden Thoreau